Gee, let's see how this would go over on television: "In other words, he could be a rapist, psychopath and a sonofabitch from time to time".
Cute. Except that if Bush said something like that on national television, he would be attacked mercilessly and probably lose the election.
What you don't understand is that when you attack a sick man, you arouse sympathy for him. I know that Clinton raped Juanita Broderick! I know that he turned around and bombed the innocent in the Sudan!
But if everyone believed as you and I do about the man, he would have been ridden out of town on a rail. Instead, he left office with 60% approval ratings.
Think strategically: if you attack Clinton on his sick bed, you look mean and petty to Joe Sixpack out there. The object of the exercise is to get Joe to vote for Bush in November, not to give John Kerry an excuse for another attack of faux outrage.
Bill Clinton, whatever his faults, was President of the United States. No one is forcing you to respect the man, but you should respect the office, even if he didn't. It's smart politics.
Be Seeing You,
Chris